At the water treatment plant of the Central University Marta Abreu de Las Villas (UCLV), he confirmed that intense work is being done on her rehabilitation and improvement in the driver, to leave her ready before the restart of the school year, on September 5.

The head of the branch also appreciated the construction progress in the Cerro Calvo water treatment plant, where the water from the Agabama-Gramal system is stored and treated, which provides the vital liquid to the hospital area.

Likewise, he verified the sealing work of Colón Street and the intervened area in the Central Highway (Banda a Placetas) and Circunvalación Vieja, which were pending after the change of networks in poor condition. The conditioning of both roads will allow vehicular circulation to resume.

During his visit to Santa Clara, the INRH president visited the Cerro Calvo Water Treatment Plant, undergoing maintenance actions to deliver water to Santa Clara with higher quality. Photo: Idalia Vázquez Zerquera/Vanguard.

In statements to Vanguardia, the president of INRH commented that the visit is part of the tours that he carries out throughout the country, in order to learn about the actions that the sector undertakes in times of energy contingency, for which generator sets located in the most needy places, with the purpose of maintaining the water service to the population.

He pointed out that as part of the differentiated attention to Santa Clara, the fulfillment of the commitments contracted with the authorities of the province and the town was evaluated, and he referred to the priority that Manicaragua receives, because even when in that municipality shares in the aqueduct, its inhabitants still do not receive the expected benefits.

He said that this is a pending task that will be followed up in September, to decide the date of his intervention, in order to guarantee the service and that it lasts over time.

Prior to the tour, the INRH president held an exchange at the Provincial Government headquarters in Santa Clara, where other issues related to the need to ensure water in the sugar companies that will intervene in the next harvest were also discussed, to avoid interruptions due to this reason during the conflict, in times of energy contingency.

Our country is one of the oldest in Latin America and the Caribbean: it has 20.8% of its population aged 60 or over , by 2030 it is expected to reach 30%. For some years there have been more elderly people than children in Cuba.

As the years to live increase, the opportunities that life can provide largely depend on healthy aging. This healthy aging is not something static, it is a process that spans a lifetime and reaches all people, healthy or ill, and at any age.

The aging of the population is declared by the Cuban government as a strategic area for the future of the country. In Cuba, the aging of the population already affects all aspects of society, particularly labor markets, the demand for services such as education, housing, health, long-term care, social protection, transportation, information and communication, as well as in family structures and intergenerational ties.

Cuba is better prepared than other countries to face the challenge of aging, although there is still a long way to go. It has a universal, free and equitable health system, with social security that leaves no one helpless. The joint work of the whole of society will make it possible to offer a harmonized, concerted and sustainable response to the challenge of aging.

The areas of action proposed in this Decade are:

Change the way we think, feel and act with regard to age and aging.
Ensure that communities foster the capacities of older people.
Offer integrated and people-centered care and primary health services that respond to the needs of the elderly.
Provide access to care for older people with chronic diseases who need it.

Participating in a decade on this issue will allow Cuba to make the aging phenomenon more visible, identify areas in which the ministries, local governments, civil society, academia and the non-state sector that can intervene to build together, together with the elderly , our response to this demographic process.

The pandemic that has devastated the world and the arrival of the “new normal” will mark the beginning of the Decade of Healthy Aging. For Cuba it is an opportunity to learn and successfully teach this movement. What is good for the elderly is good for everyone.

(With information from the Cited )

He learned that currently under cultivation across the country are 8,321 hectares of vegetables in intensive small urban and suburban farms.

Another 461 hectares are devoted to medicinal plants in 142 farms that raise 42 species for the Ministry of Public Health.

Díaz-Canel commented on the importance of abiding by established agricultural practices to ensure good harvests, including attention to the quality of seeds and preparation of soil.

With the goal of generating 24% of the country’s electrical energy with renewable resources, a number of investments are underway to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and contaminating emissions.

By the end of this year, Cuba should receive 4.75 million international visitors, while this figure is below initial projections, the sector made a laudable effort despite weather contingencies and additional restrictions imposed by the United States on visits from that country.

Díaz-Canel also toured key sites in the province of Pinar del Río, including Hermanos Saíz University, commenting that the objective of his regular visits to local areas and dialogue with the population is to help resolve problems at this level.

(Granma)